A newly mated bumblebee queen typically spends the winter alone underground. After mating in late summer or fall, she burrows into the soil and slips into diapause, an insect state of suspended ...

If you were a bee, how would you choose a flower to land on? You might go to the most beautiful one, as pollination biologists have long suggested that flowers with striking colors attract pollinators ...

A new study offers clues as to how the insects survive flooding as they emerge from a hibernation-like phase every winter.

Queen bumble bees can survive fully submerged for a week, revealing how these pollinators endure spring floods and still start new colonies.

The common eastern bumblebee, Bombus impatiens. (a6475/iNaturalist, CC BY-SA 4.0) The discovery that bumblebee queens could shake it off and emerge unscathed after more than a week submerged in water ...

After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to investigate what makes that super-ability possible ...

Bumblebees can breathe underwater by surrounding themselves with an air pocket that acts like a diving bell, scientists ...

We love watching superheroes throw hammers and fly through explosions, but some real animals can do things that honestly feel ...

Bees rely on simple decision rules, using color as the first clue when choosing flowers and adding more cues only when needed.

Although they look like bees, they are a type of fly engaging in Batesian mimicry, a type of identity theft that’s done to fool predators. To tell whether it’s a fly or a bee, a closer look shows ...